republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-866.md

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Bill	An Act To Reduce Posting Of Hunting Lands By Providing Free Antlerless Deer Permits To Certain Landowners Who Keep Their Lands Open To Hunting	An Act To Reduce Posting Of Hunting Lands By Providing Free Antlerless Deer Permits To Certain Landowners Who Keep Their Lands Open To Hunting	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 866	Maine LD 866 (132)	bill	DEER HUNTING PERMITS	enacted	Steven FOSTER	4	26	0	2025-03-04	2025-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/36682584-449b-4716-8039-5d77bbb32e3e	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097151	a5e2dc35bcb355a3f85b8be5d73953b3d91611973f9b16462955620a0e571aa3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 866 (132) — An Act To Reduce Posting Of Hunting Lands By Providing Free Antlerless Deer Permits To Certain Landowners Who Keep Their Lands Open To Hunting

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Amendment C-A (H-521) (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment C-B (H-522) (committee substitute) — source
3. Chapter 74 (committee substitute) — source
4. LD 866 HP 552 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Steven FOSTER — primary (person)
• Chad PERKINS — cosponsor (person)
• David HAGGAN — cosponsor (person)
• James DILL — cosponsor (person)
• James THORNE — cosponsor (person)
• Paul FLYNN — cosponsor (person)
• Richard MASON — cosponsor (person)
• Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
• Scott CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen WOOD — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-03-04 Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered printed.
• 2025-03-04 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. referral-committee
• 2025-03-04 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-03-04 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE in concurrence referral-committee
• 2025-03-21 Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
• 2025-06-09 Reports READ.
• 2025-06-09 On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-06-09 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-06-09 Committee Amendment "A" (H-521) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-06-09 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-06-09 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-521). reading-3
• 2025-06-09 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-09 Reports Read
• 2025-06-09 On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-521) Report ACCEPTED.
• 2025-06-09 Bill READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-06-09 Committee Amendment "A" (H-521) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-06-09 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-521) in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-06-10 FINALLY PASSED. passage
• 2025-06-10 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-10 FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-06-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2025-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2025-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36682584-449b-4716-8039-5d77bbb32e3e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).